by Dr. Grace Lynn Shockey | Jul 31, 2023 | Blog, Chapel
Chapel Message July 18, 2023 Introduction When Jim and I were appointed as missionaries by the IMB, we went to the Missionary Learning Center in Virginia for orientation. We were young excited and about our life ahead in East Asia. Then one day, a speaker...
by Wade Berry | Mar 1, 2023 | Blog
Violent crime and political extremism have become an unfortunate part of the American experience. The heartache endured by countless families and communities is enough to dull one’s senses—or, alternatively, to consume one with rage. And the more the American Right...
by Patty Parker | Dec 20, 2022 | Blog
Jesus Loves My Grumpy Relatives Holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas bring us into close proximity with those in need. The stranger lingering in the foyer of the store. The talkative relative whose political diatribe you’ve memorized. The whining child who can’t...
by Wade Berry | Dec 12, 2022 | Blog
A Couple of weeks ago, I read Tish Harrison Warren’s excellent book Prayer in the Night. In her writing, Warren is lovably—and, from a Baptist perspective, annoyingly—Anglican, which allows her to read her own spiritual journey through the lens of the church’s...
by Wade Berry | Oct 23, 2022 | Blog, Scripture, Worship
Prayer has been a struggle for me for as long as I can remember. It is not that I don’t know what to say; if anything, I talk too much when I pray. The struggle has always been keeping my focus on what I am doing. And as I have grown older, I have come to a place...
